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The episode features a detailed track-by-track analysis of Felt's album 'Forever Breathes the Lonely Word'.

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking. Seven emails on their way from Avalon: ⁠backtrackingrox@gmail.com⁠ LISTEN TO THE ALBUM Felt "Forever Breathes the Lonely Word" CHAPTERS 0:00: The Weekend Edition Delivery 0:15: The Best Theme Ever Again 1:13: Falling into the Deep, Deep Pit of Lawrence 8:18: Red Up the Haus 9:15: The Basics 10:50: A Brief Creation Records History 14:00: Felt’s Influence & Influences 24:14: The Band, the Lawrence, & the Strange Legend 36:08: The Hall Aesthetic, Outsider Art, & Lawrence 46:10: The Departure of Deebank, the Arrival of Duffy 48:17: The Production, & a Discussion on Reverb 1:07:33: Side A, Track 1: Rain of Crystal Spires 1:21:22: Side A, Track 2: Down But Not Yet Out 1:28:55: Side A, Track 3: September Lady 1:33:00: Side A, Track 4: Grey Streets 1:40:11: We’ll be lonely in our bedsit next week, mates. BACKTRACKING SOCIALS Twitter: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ YouTube: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ Instagram: ⁠@backtrackingrox⁠ Reddit: ⁠u/backtrackingrox⁠…

People in this episode

Host: Backtracking

Topics covered

• album analysis
• influential bands
• Felt
• music history
• track by track review

Keywords

• Felt
• Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
• album review
• Lawrence
• Creation Records

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Felt, Creation Records, Avalon

Books & works: Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

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